Almost 4,500 points separate Igu Sviatek from the second racket of the world, and the athlete from Poland on Monday will surpass Simona Halep in the hierarchy of players who have spent the most consecutive weeks at the top of the WTA ranking.

Iga Svyatek, 49 weeks at number 1 WTA

Despite not playing this week, Sviatek has a significant lead over Aryna Sabalenko and will begin week 49 as the WTA leader on Monday, March 6.

In this way, Iga will surpass Simona Halep, who spent 48 consecutive weeks in the first position (out of a total of 64 in 2017-2019).

Sviatek will be the 18th in this hierarchy, the record belongs to Serena Williams and Steffi Graf: 186 consecutive weeks each.

After losing to Barbora Krejcikova in the final of the tournament in Dubai, Iga Sviatek next week will try to defend the title she won a year ago in Indian Wells.

The Polish woman has 12 titles: Roland Garros (2020, 2022), Rome (2021, 2022), Adelaide (2021), San Diego (2022), US Open (2022), Stuttgart (2022), Miami (2022). , Indian Wells (2022), Doha (2022, 2023).